Persistant Unwanted Entry in Address Bar AutoComplete Menu

[Guest]

Hi, I'm writing because I've been having a problem with the autocomplete
function of my address bar.

After I clean my history, one website continues to appear in the
autocomplete when I type the letter 's.' It appears, from the url, to be a
pornographic site, which I cannot recall visiting, so I suspected it was the
result of some sort of adware or virus. The site is not in my Favorites, or
on my Desktop, and I have not visited the site since cleaning my history. I
have run innumerable spyware and virus scans, hoping to find a cause for this
problem.

This isn't a major problem, as it does not affect my browsing or other
operation of my PC. However, it is really annoying, and if there is a way, I
would like to remove this address, so that it does not keep appearing in the
autocomplete list of my address bar. Thank you for any help you can give me.


I don't know if it would be appropriate to post the address on this forum,
so I will not unless do so unless asked.

 

[Don Varnau]

Hi,
This URL you're seeing is in the index.dat file in the History folder.

CCleaner from http://www.ccleaner.com/ should be able to clear the History
and the index.dat file. Just check the appropriate boxes when you run it run
it.

Free History Eraser from
http://smartprotector.com/eraser/free-history-eraser.htm will delete the
History folder (and the index.dat file) and a new one will be created when
you restart.
Or the History folder can be deleted manually:
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

 

[Guest]

Thank you very much. I used the Ccleaner program, and was amazed at how much
junk it found. It worked, and my problem is solved. Thank you again!

Hi,
This URL you're seeing is in the index.dat file in the History folder.

CCleaner from http://www.ccleaner.com/ should be able to clear the History
and the index.dat file. Just check the appropriate boxes when you run it run
it.

Free History Eraser from
http://smartprotector.com/eraser/free-history-eraser.htm will delete the
History folder (and the index.dat file) and a new one will be created when
you restart.
Or the History folder can be deleted manually:
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

Hi, I'm writing because I've been having a problem with the autocomplete
function of my address bar.

After I clean my history, one website continues to appear in the
autocomplete when I type the letter 's.' It appears, from the url, to be a
pornographic site, which I cannot recall visiting, so I suspected it was the
result of some sort of adware or virus. The site is not in my Favorites, or
on my Desktop, and I have not visited the site since cleaning my history. I
have run innumerable spyware and virus scans, hoping to find a cause for this
problem.

This isn't a major problem, as it does not affect my browsing or other
operation of my PC. However, it is really annoying, and if there is a way, I
would like to remove this address, so that it does not keep appearing in the
autocomplete list of my address bar. Thank you for any help you can give me.

I don't know if it would be appropriate to post the address on this forum,
so I will not unless do so unless asked.